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[amuse-bouche] I tend to chalk it up to climate more than anything; much of California is far warmer than the northern Rhône, and you can immediately see in the ABV levels just how much sugar is being pulled out of those grapes. That they’re big and extracted is really an issue of style - though one I’m not exactly rooting for - but the occasional residual sweetness is cloying. More often than not, I miss those heady, meaty notes that telegraph Cornas or St. Joseph.

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